Senior Sergeant Mike Shepherd (Neill Rea), his smart, sassy side-kick, Detective Kristin Sims (Fern Sutherland) and young Detective Sam Breen (Nic Sampson) have become a formidable team, able to navigate around the quirky, complex characters who live in Brokenwood. However, the usual suspects of love, revenge, pride, lust, envy, greed and hatred are all bubbling beneath the surface and when they break through the murders never fail to be macabre and totally mystifying. In these four feature length mysteries Mike and his team go behind the scenes at the fun fair when the Ghost Train gives one resident the fright of their lives; piece together the tragic events of bride-to-be Ophelia (Fee) Marley's hen party; investigate the death of high-achieving cyclist Lester Nyman where vast fortunes are at stake; and Mike's interrogation skills are put to the test when the body of a disliked employee is found on the site of an abandoned mental health facility.